Cashless Catering for FE Colleges & Universities
Free college meals, flexible bursaries and multiple outlets across campus. EventPOS brings entitlements through daily from your MIS, issues cards centrally at scale and gives every learner a fast, discreet way to pay.
Entitlements and Bursaries, Handled Automatically
FE colleges juggle free college meals, hardship funds and bursaries paid at different frequencies. EventPOS deals with free school meals, free college meals and daily, weekly and even monthly bursaries, and can create new purses or bursaries for individual learners as required.
In most installations, the free meal allocation is brought through daily and automatically from the MIS, saving staff time and keeping the system up to date. Everything is delivered discreetly: at the till, a bursary payment looks like any other.
- Hospitality purse for staff looking after visitors.
- Departmental purse provision for faculties and cost centres.
- Self-service cash loading and links to online payment platforms, with WisePay as our preferred partner.
Read the Education Funding Agency's advice on free meals in further education (PDF).
Designed for Campus Complexity
The most technically advanced retail, payment and reporting system designed for use in a modern educational facility and campus.
Card Issuance at Scale
Cards are generated and recorded centrally from MIS data with no typing, so enrolment week runs smoothly even at the largest colleges.
Flexible Bursary Purses
Daily, weekly or monthly bursaries per learner, created and adjusted individually as circumstances change.
Multiple Outlets
Refectories, coffee shops and satellite campuses on one system, with consolidated reporting for finance.
Kiosks & Balance Checkers
Web, kiosks, balance checkers and EPOS working together to manage day-to-day retail operations across campus.
MIS Integration
Deep integration with ProSolution, Unit-e and other college MIS platforms, with entitlements synced daily and automatically.
One Card Across Campus
The same card pays for lunch, releases print jobs, opens doors and registers attendance through idXtra's integrated systems.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can the system manage free college meals and bursaries?
Yes. EventPOS handles free school meals, free college meals and daily, weekly or monthly bursaries. New purses or bursaries can be created for individual students as required, and in most installations the free meal allocation is brought through daily and automatically from the MIS.
Are bursaries and free meals delivered discreetly?
Yes. Nobody needs to know which learners are in receipt of a free meal or bursary. At the till every payment looks the same, and learners with free meals can still top up their own cards with their own money and make additional purchases.
Does it scale to a large college or university campus?
Yes. Card issuance is linked directly to your MIS, so cards are generated and recorded centrally with no manual data entry. This makes the solution scalable and able to cope with very large installations such as universities and large FE colleges, across multiple outlets and campuses.
Can staff and departments have their own purses?
Yes. A hospitality purse is available for staff to look after visitors to the establishment, and departmental purse provision lets faculties and cost centres manage their own catering spend.
Cashless Catering for Every Setting
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